The dispute between Colombia’s Gustavo Petro and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele intensified this week after a series of acerbic Tweets and accusations from corruption to domestic security.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro faces a growing political scandal after revelations that his eldest son Nicolás, and brother Juan Fernando, allegedly received “hot money” in exchange for benefits.
As British citizen has been arrested in Cali, Colombia, for attempting to smuggle 23 kilos of cocaine on a flight to Bogotá and connection to London’s Heathrow.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro called on the Red Cross to provide humanitarian assistance to 79 policemen held hostage by the Indigenous Guard in San Vicente del Caguán.
A violent protest in San Vicente del Caguán has resulted in a Colombian police officer killed and 79 kidnapped. The riot occurred on the grounds of a Chinese oil exploration company.
The Colombian government of Gustavo Petro has entered crisis mode after three Ministers handed-in their resignations. The crisis erupted after a document leaked on planned changes to the nation’s health reform.
The Colombian low-cost carrier Viva Air has suspended operations in the country after a seven-month delay by the government to approve a merger with Avianca.
Colombia ground to a halt during the month of January in its decades-long efforts to manually eradicate coca. Not one hectare of the illegal cash crop was destroyed. The government outlined the reasons.
After Cartagena and Santa Marta made the World’s 50 Most Dangerous Cities list, Colombia’s Petro warned of deep social inequalities that exist within the tourism sector.
According to a study released by CERAC, in 2022, more than half-a-million Colombians emigrated overseas and a situation not witnessed since 1998.
The Peruvian government is increasingly angered by remarks from Colombia’s Gustavo Petro that it “marches against its people like ‘Nazis”. The Peruvian Congress wants Petro declared a “persona non grata.”
Despite fears that pro and anti-government protests would assemble within hours of each other in Bogotá, a politically charged week was conducted peacefully.
Colombians are bracing for 48 hours of protests this week that could incite violence and bring mobility in Bogotá to a standstill. Petro is rallying his base to “defend: the government’s health care reform.
The ex-Mayor of Bogotá, Samuel Moreno Rojas, is in an induced coma after suffering a cardiac arrest Thursday morning, while serving an 11-year prison sentence on corruption charges.
A retired army officer, Coronel Jaime Humberto Pinzón, handed over his “Medal For Distinguished Service” to the families of 53 young men who were executed as “false positives” while he commandeered the Tenth Infantry Battalion Atanasio Giradot.
The downing of a Chinese spy balloon off the South Carolina coast, was preceded by a confirmation that a second spy balloon was crossing South American airspace.